Appendix:Happiness

Happiness is a value in Pokémon that is not neccesarily important for battle, but more for evolution purposes with Pokémon such as Buneary or Bwadloon. There are however, a couple of moves such as Return or Frustration which require certain amounts of happiness to be used effectively.

​Moves that Require Happiness
Both of these TM's can be found in the Colosseum Marketplace which is in the Battle Colosseum accessible by RTD only.

​Happiness Checker
The Happiness Checker is just a normal small house located in Brimber City which is next to the entrance to Route 6, but a character is located inside of it makes the house special. He tells player the friendship between the player and his or her Pokémon. Happiness, or officially Friendship, means how much a Pokémon trusts its trainer. It is expressed in a hidden value between 0 to 255. Friendship-based evolutions occur when a Pokémon's friendship has a value of 220 or higher. The following table contains all quotes from the man and the corresponding range of happiness value to the quotes.

​Items that Increase Happiness
Some items affect the amount of happiness Pokémon gains from an activity. They are Soothe Bell, Luxury Balls and Friend Balls, but only Luxury Balls are currently available in-game. Luxury Balls are sold in Poké Ball Emporium, Anthian City - Shopping District. Soothe Bell is a held-item that doubles the happiness value gained, while Luxury Balls are a variation of Poké Balls that have the same effect of Soothe Bell for the Pokemon caught in these balls. Friend Balls are another variation of Poké Balls that automatically set the base happiness value of Pokémon caught in these balls to 200, making them much closer to evolution.

​Actions that Affect Happiness
There are many different ways to increase the happiness of a Pokémon, including walking or running for a long while with the required Pokémon in player's party, levelling up, and using items on Pokémon. On the other hand, fainting and usage of herbs will cause the Pokémon's happiness to plummet, while trading resets the Pokémon's happiness to the base value unless it is traded back to its original trainer, and its happiness will be restored to the value before being traded.

​Trivia

 * Happiness is sometimes known as friendship.
 * Buneary is the hardest Pokemon to evolve by happiness because for it to evolve it must have the max happiness possible. And it has a low experience rate making it hard to level up.
 * One of the most used Pokemon that evolves by happiness is Riolu which evolves into Lucario.
 * Alot of baby Pokémon evolve by means of happiness such as Pichu or Budew.